Zend_Debug::dump() is a really handy part of the framework that simply dumps the contents of whatever you give it to print_r and wraps it in <pre></pre>.
I got tired of typing it out every time, so I added the following shorthand functions to my bootstrap file. (The only acceptable use of a function in a bootstrap, in my mind.)
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require_once("Zend/Debug.php"); // next time we’re going to talk about __autoload()
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/**
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* dd is a shorthand function for "dump and die". It takes whatever you give it and
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* spits it to d(), then dies. Useful for debugging.
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*/
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function dd($val){
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d($val);
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}
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/**
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* This is so I don’t have to keep typing Zend_Debug::dump($whatever);
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*/
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function d($val){
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Zend_Debug::dump($val);
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}
